Phylactery may refer to:
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Tefillin
Tefillin (; Israeli Hebrew: / ; Ashkenazic pronunciation: ), or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin are worn by adult Jews durin ...
, a set of boxes with straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah
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Amulet, an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor
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Reliquary, a container for religious relics
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Speech scroll
In art history a speech scroll (also called a banderole or phylactery) is an illustrative device denoting speech, song, or other types of sound.
Developed independently on two continents, the device was in use by artists within Mesoamerican cult ...
, an illustrative device denoting speech or song
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Phylactery (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a game element
See also
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Hunping
The ''hunping'' (), translated as soul jar or soul vase, is a type of ceramic funerary urn often found in the tombs of the Han dynasty and especially the Six Dynasties periods of early imperial China. It was characteristic of the Jiangnan regi ...
, translated as soul jar or soul vase, a type of Chinese funerary urn
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List of Mandaic manuscripts
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Phylactery Factory'', a 2008 album by Casey Dienel
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